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Advanced Wound Care Products PuraPly™ and PuraPly Antimicrobial™ Now Available for Medicare Reimbursement in 10 Additional States

-Decision by National Government Services to Retire Policy on Application of Cellular or Tissue Based Products Effective September 1, 2016 -

Canton, Mass. (August 26, 2016) - Organogenesis, a global leader in advanced wound care innovations and technologies, today announced that its PuraPly™ and PuraPly Antimicrobial (AM)™ wound management products are now eligible for Medicare coverage and reimbursement in 10 additional states, providing coverage for an additional 7.5 million Medicare beneficiaries, following the decision by National Government Services (NGS) to retire its local coverage determination (LCD) for cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs) effective September 1, 2016.

NGS is one of the largest Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) in the United States, serving approximately 24 million Medicare beneficiaries in 20 states and five U.S. territories. With this change, the PuraPly product line is now available for Medicare coverage and reimbursement based on FDA labeling and packaging in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. PuraPly and PuraPly AM have already been approved for pass-through reimbursement in the hospital outpatient setting by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

“We applaud the NGS for retiring its local coverage determination and making it easier for millions of Medicare patients to access clinically appropriate, advanced wound management products,” said Gary S. Gillheeney, Sr., President and CEO of Organogenesis. “We’re excited that many more clinicians will now be able to use our versatile PuraPly product offerings to help Medicare patients more effectively manage a wide variety of acute and chronic wounds.”

The announcement comes as Organogenesis executes expansion plans across multiple product areas and departments. Earlier this year, the company announced it had raised approximately $30 million in additional investment capital among existing investment partners to support a significant expansion of the company’s commercial operations, sales force, PuraPly product line, and new product development in the wound care and surgical fields.

PuraPly and PuraPly AM are manufactured at the Organogenesis facility in Canton, Mass.